583 Quotes by Pablo Picasso

When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." ― Pablo Picasso

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.